Why isn't Rev more popular? [Mailing List]

[Bill Marriott]

I said nothing about the *content* of the mailing list, or the participants!

Obviously it's a great resource. This is the "official" mailing list -- you 
can't go anywhere else for that -- and I simply think it's cumbersome. My 
opinion is it should migrate toward a more attractive and accessible 
presentation. Just one little thing that could make Rev more "popular."

If you think the forum is as good as it is "because" it's in this format --  
if you think this is somehow the "ideal" -- that's one thing. But I think it 
is this way "in spite of" the format. For example,

- I made my post completely oblivious that Kevin Miller had weighed in, 
because I received the digest with his post *after* I made mine. This is not 
"real-time."
- If you look at the list archive, you see that this thread (and most 
others) are broken up into dozens of pieces so that it's quite hard to 
follow who is responding to what.
- On days when there is high traffic, you get a *lot* of email. This has 
resulted in me filtering the Use-Revolution list into a folder, which 
results in reading it less often.

Also, I feel the "well if you don't like it go somewhere else" type of 
feedback is less than mature or constructive, and quite defensive-sounding. 
Why stop with point #12? If I want 3D, why don't I use Director? If I want 
database tools, why not use FileMaker? If I want a slicker IDE, why not use 
Visual Studio? etc.? (It's a wonder they let ungrateful cads like me even 
*use* Revolution!)

I thought the question was a valid one and I gave my honest opinion.

Bill

|> 12) The discussion list. I think we're well beyond the days when an email
|> list is the ideal way to go. Why can't we have a nice, phpBB- or
|> vBulletin-based board where threads are kept nicely organized, etc.? 
Again,
|> the community support like other aspects is like living ten years in the
|> past. (These boards still allow for receiving digests in email, and/or
|> subscribing to threads.)
|
|Why don't you just sign onto one of the existing boards then?
|Personally I find this list much more useful and informative than any
|of the boards I've seen, but if that's your preference then go for it.
|
|-- 
|-Mark Wieder
| mwieder at ahsoftware.net